If you look carefully as you walk around the cemetery you will see the name Bartlett on many of the headstones, usually inscribed discreetly on the kerbstone surround.
Alfred was born in Cricklade in 1865 the son of William Bartlett, a master stonemason, and his wife Mary Ann. In 1881 16 year old Alfred was employed as a pupil teacher at the National School in Cricklade, perhaps with the intention of making teaching his career. But maybe the death of his father in January 1889 compelled him to take up his father’s occupation. In 1890 he married Leah Annie Brown when he states that his occupation is that of stone mason.
By the mid 1890s Alfred had established his business as a monumental mason in Bath Road where it remained for many years. Today the firm has premises on Victoria Road.
Alfred’s end was a sad one as his death in 1916 reveals he was a patient at the Wiltshire County Asylum in Devizes. It is recorded that between 1915-1920 there were high levels of TB and dysentery at the Asylum; perhaps one of these illnesses was the cause of his death.
Leah Annie never remarried and lived out her days at 22 Bath Road. She died in 1934 and left effects worth £265 10s 4d to her executors, her sons William Alfred and Charles Bartlett, both monumental masons.
Alfred Bartlett died aged 51 years. He was buried here in plot C2021 on October 7, 1916. Leah Annie Bartlett died aged 66 years and was buried with her husband on March 28, 1934.
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